First Stories

He's a nerd who barely registers on the social spectrum, and she's a prep on the school dance team. A chance meeting in an unlikely place changes both their lives.

A blizzard traps lifelong friends Alex and Mary. As the world outside disappears, their friendship ignites into a terrifying, beautiful first time. A pact made in the cold leads to a warm, messy night where they cross the threshold from childhood to something more, leaving them with a shared secret and the possibility of a new life.

Jimmy, Angie, and Jean are celebrating their graduation from high school by taking a day trip on Jimmy's father's boat to the Bermuda Triangle. They get caught in a mysterious storm and are transported back in time 65-75 million years. Join them as they try to cope with being marooned in time with danger on every side. Can they survive? By the way, there are no aliens in this story, but it is an alternate reality.

A palace. A betrothal. A promise made in shadows that changes everything. When eight-year-old Sena meets ten-year-old Seon in a palace alcove, neither understands they've just sealed a fate more powerful than any arranged marriage. Six years later, when Sena is repositioned from one prince to another, she and Seon finally claim what was always meant to be theirs. But love in the Joseon palace is never simple. In building their life together, Sena discovers that true power comes not from control,

Meet Cletus Putnam: landlord, entrepreneur, opportunist, sometime Dom. It's hotter than Hell and he has the only swimming pool and central air conditioning in his little lower middle-class neighborhood -- and he's not above taking advantage of that fact. / (Reviews)

Young widowed school marm Livvy gets snowed into her one room school house with a young man and set of siblings. They're going to have to huddle to keep warm - and the boys refuse to huddle with each other. As everybody knows, friction makes heat and things heat up nicely!

An Uncle Bob Story
Bob's niece is rebuilding a classic Shelby in his garage, but the body he's looking at isn't made of metal. When he tries to back her down, she'd rather rev it up, and once she hits the Nitrous, he can't compete. / (Reviews)

A train and a beautiful girl is a wonderful combination